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Title: A history of Dickinson County, Iowa, together with an account of the Spirit Lake massacre, and the Indian troubles on the northwestern frontier ..
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Smith, Roderick A., 1831-1918
Subjects: Massacres -- Iowa Spirit Lake Dickinson County (Iowa) -- History
Publisher: Des Moines, The Kenyon printing & mfg. co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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itb each other in pretty regular succession, al-though the dancing parties .are usually somewhat in the lead.Boating, bathing and fishing are the a^qyatic sports providedfor. Steamers, sailboats and rowboats are at the dock everyhour in the day. Here also is the highest toboggan slide evererected in the lake region. The person who never went downa toboggan slide into the water below has missed a very excitingexperience. When first introduced they were a great fad, butof late have attracted less attention. Pool, billiards and tenpins are largely indulged in, to saynothing of the more questionable and exciting games. It is acosmopolitan company that annually meets here for their sum-mer vacation. Here the zealous young preacher, who con-scientiously bears the burden of looking after the spiritualwelfare of his flock, touches elbows Avith the flashily dressed ..^mBkSE -.. ^^ i^^iW^ jf^^ HH Efl^H^^^BJH ■ ^TTti^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ■v^i^ I) 1 Arnolds park toboggan slide. ooow > >w i?ofo
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632 DICKINSON COUNTY - IOWA sporting man who is always, ready to buck the tiger onoccasion, while lawyers, doctors, editors, traveling men andcollege professors help to swell tlie crowd. Of the many events yearly pulled oft at the park none aremore popular or attractmore attention fh^n the annual shootingtonrnament, where trials of skill in live hird an<l tra)) shoot-ing are arranged and the celebrities in tlnft lim from all partsof America, meet here- to contest for trophies and champion-ships. Fred Gilbert, who h^s won more prizes in this line andcaptured more trophies and^ held them longer than any otherperson living, was a Dickinson County boy and one of theproducts of the pioneer .days and it is related of him that hea(((iiirt(l Ills amazing skilk as ,a wing shot by shooting l)lack-birds in his fathers cornfield when a mere kid of from eightto twelve years of age. His great advantage lies in his wonder-ful celerity or quickness of aim, and as before stated this quick-ness was

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